The World Junior Championships begin on Saturday in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and, of the Red Wings' three prospects taking part in the tournament, NHL.com's Adam Kimelman suggests that Slovakia's Tomas Tatar and the Czech Republic's Andrej Nestrasil stand to make the biggest impacts for their respective teams (with Brian Lashoff not likely to earn prime time minutes with Team USA):

December 24, NHL.com: [For Slovakia,] Keep an eye on -- [Grand Rapids Griffins forward Tomas] Tatar made his name at last year's event,
exploding with 7 goals and 11 points to finish in the top five in each
category. Teams paid more attention to [Windsor Spitfires forward Richard] Panik last year, which gave
Tatar more room to operate. He won't surprise anyone this year....[For the Czech Republic,] Keep an eye on --Andrej Nestrasil
is having another strong season with the QMJHL's Drummondville
Voltigeurs, with 37 points in 33 games. He'll need to bring that
offensive production to Saskatoon if the Czechs have any hope of
advancing.